Prosthodontics and Crown & Bridge is one of the major departments of any dental college. Teaching of this department starts from the very first year of admission. The department is having Pre-clinical section to teach and train 1st & 2nd B D S students in the subject of Dental Materials and Pre Clinical-Prosthodontics respectively.
The P. G. Clinic is having State-of-Art facilities where Post Graduate students are train them to treat the cases with the Maxillofacial Defects, Special Prosthesis and Implants cases along with the routine Prosthodontic procedures.
Implant dentistry has occupied a serious space in pg training curriculum under the guidance of renowned team of implantologists. The clinical implantology is at par excellence.The management has taken extra-ordinary pain to create learning and student friendly environment, a perfect temple of learning.
To enrich the teaching, well established Departmental Library and Museum have been established as an integral part of the Department.
Publications of the department
A Comparative Analysis Of The Effect Of Various Denture Adhesives Available In Market On The Retentive Ability Of The Maxillary Denture: An In Vivo StudyJ Indian Prosthodont Soc (Apr-June 2011), 11(2):82-88
Rehabilitation Of Flabby Tissue – A Case Report JIDA, Vol.5, No. 7, July 2011
Rehabilitation Of An Ocular Defect – A Case Report Dental Dialogue Vol. XXXV No.3: 97-98(July-Sept)
Nanodentistry: The Changing Trends In Dentistry Heal talk/March-April/Vol. III/Issue 4, 23-25
Tooth Wear – Etiology and Management Baba Farid Dental Journal 2013;1(4: 64-68)
Custom Impression Trays In Prosthodontics – Clinical Guidelines
Gaggers And Their Management Indian Journal of Dental Sciences 2012;5(4: 100-103).
Innovative Impression Technique For Complete Denture Patients Indian Journal of Dental Sciences 2013;1(5: 34-36).
Intraoral Lipoma:Report of 3 cases. Dental Research Journal 2011;8(1):48-51
Primary Melanoma of oral mucosa -A case report and review of literature. Dental Research Journal May 2012;9(3):353-356
Palatal Rugae – An aid in Clinical dentistry. Journal of Forensic Research 2011;2(3):124.
Adenomatoidodontogenic tumor involving maxillary sinus in a child. Indian Journal of Dentistry. 2012;3(1):25-28.
Histopathological insight into periapical lesions: An institutional study from Punjab. International journal of Oral & Maxillofacial Pathology. 2012;3(3):02-07
Cholesterol granuloma in the wall of dentigerous cyst. Indian Journal of Dentistry 2012. April-June;3(2):106-109
A comparative histopathological& bacteriological insight into periapical lesions: An analysis of 62 lesions from north Karnataka. Indian Journal of Dentistry. 2012: 1-7
Gingival Prosthesis an Inovation to Cover Dark Triangles – A Case ReportJournal of Dental Peers. Jan-March 2013;1(1): 46-50
Equipments
The department also has fully equiped Ceramic (Metal Ceramic & All Ceramic) and Metal casting laboratories.
The Department of Prosthodontics is equipped with equipments like Die Cutter and Die Pindex system, Heavy Duty Polishing with High suction machine, Vacuum die investment mixer, Swivel surveyor and Induction Casting machines.